Details about the consortium’s structure and information about financing were not disclosed.

White was involved in construction of Comerica Park and Ford Field. White recently was hired as a subcontractor for the $137 million private-public M-1 Rail streetcar project along Woodward Avenue.

Hunt was part of the joint venture team that built Comerica Parkand was the prime construction manager on Ford Field.

Hunt Construction has worked on major sports venues such as the Amway Center for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association, Barclays Center for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets and New York Islanders of the National Hockey League and Consol Energy Center for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL.

The DDA will own the 18,000-seat event center, to be built by 2017 west of Woodward at I-75 in Detroit.

The construction group will commence an effort to train and hire Detroit residents to build the arena.

“The building of the new events center alone is anticipated to create approximately 5,500 jobs, with more than half of those construction jobs being filled by Detroit residents and over $100 million being paid to Detroit-resident workers,” Olympia said in a statement.

In May 2012, the Red Wings’ ownership selected Dallas-based HKS Inc. as the arena architect, according to Sports Business Journal. The team and firm declined to confirm or deny the report. HKS will design the venue with the Cambridge, Mass.-based architectural firm NBBJ, the sports industry trade magazine said.

Property taxes will pay for $261.5 million or 58 percent of the arena’s construction cost, while the team’s ownership would provide the remaining $188.4 million.

Olympia, which will operate the arena under a 35-year concession agreement with the DDA, is the property development arm of Mike and Marian Ilitch’s $2 billion Detroit business empire, which includes the Red Wings, Detroit Tigers and Little Caesars pizza chain.

Under the deal, Olympia keeps all revenue generated by the arena, including concessions and parking, and all money from any naming rights deal. There will be 12 five-year renewal options for its 35-year management deal.

The hockey arena, which will replace city-owned Joe Louis Arena, is part of a wider $650 million plan to create a 45-acre district that includes retail, residential, office and restaurant space on the venue site.

Joe Louis will be razed and the site redeveloped after the new venue opens.

The new arena will have 1,200 premium seats, an attached 500-space parking garage and 10,000 square feet of retail space anchored by a Red Wings merchandise store, restaurants and other retail, according to the project plan.

The DDA intends to use $284.5 million in property taxes already captured within its 615-acre downtown district to pay off the bonds issued by the state to build the arena. The remainder of the district costs, or $365.5 million, will be picked up by Olympia.

Correction: An earlier version of this story should not have included Barton Malow as being involved in construction of Comerica Park and Ford Field.